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Hanya Yanagihara

1974 - Today

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Hanya Yanagihara (born 1974) is an American novelist, editor, and travel writer. She grew up in Hawaii. She is best known for her bestselling novel A Little Life, which was shortlisted for the 2015 Booker Prize, and for being the editor-in-chief of T Magazine. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hanya Yanagihara is the 5,736th most popular writer (up from 5,929th in 2019), the 9,435th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,482nd in 2019) and the 690th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hanya Yanagihara ranks 5,736 out of 7,302. Before her are Trudi Canavan, Vasily Belov, Dragojla Jarnević, William Cullen Bryant, David Garnett, and Peter Seeberg. After her are Wilhelm Genazino, Humphrey Carpenter, Timur Vermes, Dominique Bona, János Batsányi, and Michael Parenti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Hanya Yanagihara ranks 204. Before her are Naseem Hamed, Austin St. John, Eric Kripke, Jens Jeremies, Ray Park, and Michael Rasmussen. After her are André Ooijer, Oliver Glasner, Iván Campo, Kim Dotcom, Gregory Helms, and Alessandro Petacchi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hanya Yanagihara ranks 9,437 out of 20,380. Before her are Ellen Greene (1951), Robert Costanzo (1942), Charles Jenkins Sr. (1934), Margaret Truman (1924), Buddy Adler (1906), and Wally Pfister (1961). After her are John Russell (1921), Elaine Stritch (1925), William E. Thornton (1929), Burton Downing (1885), Booker T (1965), and Edwin Starr (1942).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Hanya Yanagihara ranks 690. Before her are Christopher Paolini (1983), Gwendolyn Brooks (1917), Lloyd C. Douglas (1877), Alexei Panshin (1940), Bill O'Reilly (1949), and William Cullen Bryant (1794). After her are Michael Parenti (1933), Robert E. Sherwood (1896), Michael Shermer (1954), David Halberstam (1934), Joel Chandler Harris (1848), and Jacob Abbott (1803).

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